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Koedel, Cory; Betts, Julian R. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
Value-added modeling continues to gain traction as a tool for measuring teacher performance. However, recent research (Rothstein, 2009a, 2009b) questions the validity of the value-added approach by showing that it does not mitigate student teacher sorting bias (its presumed primary benefit). Our study explores this critique in more detail.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Models, Statistical Bias
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Stambaugh, Tamra – Gifted Child Today, 2006
This article describes Project Athena, a Javits program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and developed through the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. Project Athena seeks to find ways to help impoverished children develop advanced skills in reading comprehension, literary analysis, and persuasive writing. Its…
Descriptors: Literacy, Poverty, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension